The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-23
FLORIDA.
The Ocala Ledger has just been issued.

Inc Ocala Ledger has just been issued.
The mills of Simpson & Co., of Black
water, are idle, undergoing repairs and
waiting for rain.
The Palatka Board of Trade is considering
the matter of the new city charter now
before the Legislature.
The White railroad is building a new and
extensive wharf over at Daytona which will
be of great service to that community.
The dry kiln at Blackwater is well under
way, and two carloads of rails, piping, ma
| chinery and roofing have arrived for it.
G.. w Means, of Evinston, shipped the
| first Pien-to peaches of the season this year
| They were sent to Charleston and brought
| $50 per bushel
| NJ. j. Doyle is having roof put on the
| upper veranda of the Everglade Hotel, San
| ford which will add much to the appear
| ance of the house.
The Florida Southern Railway Company
| have discharged all of their old freight and
| passenger conductors with the single excep-
| ton of Bob Gamble.
Rt. Rev Bishop Moore, of st. Augustine,
has gone East to try to raise funds to re-
| build the old Spanish cathedral The Ponce
de Leon Hotel employees alone subscribed
81 900
The new county of Osceola, Just formed,
will be part of the Second Congressional
district, part of the Twentieth Senatorial
district, and is included in the Seventh ju-
| dicial circuit
Bridgeville is the name of new post Office
| just established in Putnam county, with E.
| j. Bridge as Postmaster. 1t is four miles
south of Keuka on the transfer road to
Orange Spring
Mrs. Ruth A. Black has just donated to
| the Archer Presbyterian church full and
handsome silver communion service, con-
sisting of five pieces, together with a silver
baptisInal font.
j. w. Sperring, of Live Oak, and Messrs.
Ruff and Mobley, of Paddock, are all har-
vesting May oats. The crop is fine, and Mr..
| Sperrings new reaper, drawn by two
horses, cut them clean
William Fulcher, an Employed the Louis
vile and Nashville railroad at Pensacola,
was caught between the cars the other day,
while coupling, and received severe but not
| fatal internal injuries.
One day last week a convict by the name
| of Lee Cauthern tried TO run from a guard
at Live Oak and was shot in the back and
died from the effects. An examination was
held and the verdict was UNSUITABLE.
The Florida Institute will close next week
on Friday Wednesday and Thursday will
be devoted to public examination, commenc-
ing each day at $3.50 a. IN. and closing at 230
O'Clock p. m. The public are cordially in
vited to attend.
The trial of jeff Lowe at Pensacola, the
mulatto charged with the murder of an UNI
known man at Pine Barren, supposed TO be
one II. G. Smith, has been postponed TO
Wednesday, May 25. The circumstantial
evidence is strong against him.
City Marshal Manucy, of Palatka, has
posted circulars about the streets giving
notice that ON and after June the dog ordj7
n hn ri.rtll
that all worthless ours caught without a
collar running about the streets will be shot
At the regular monthly meeting of the
board of directors of the Florida Fruit Ex-
change, General Manager Ives made re
port for the season just closing, showing the
total shipments handled by the Exchange
during the season of 1861 to be 1875, O0S
boxes Of oranges.
The New Smyrna Breeze, a four-page
seven-column newspaper, has been estab-
;lished at New Smyrna, the new and prom
sing little town on the Atlantic beach.
The BrecEe is published by L. H. Eldenrige
and edited by John Y. Detwiler, and is full
OF interesting matter about its town and
section.
The schedule of the steamer Rockledge is
changed so that she now leaves Ttusvile for
points south at a. IN. on Mondays, We'd
nesdays and Fridays. Returning north she
'NeNNi - NhclDouue On lueSudyS, thursdays
and Saturdays at a. m, making connec-
tions at Titusville with outgoing train for
Jacksonville at 12 noon.
Pensacola PensdcOIidn. Mai. Huer, the
engineer in charge of this lighthouse dis
trict, reached here last week, and has been
making observations for the construction of
range lights and beacons for Pensacola bar
and upper Pensacola Bay, provided
for by last Congress, aud work on
them will, presumably, be commenced at an
early day.
The Lake Weir correspondent of the MORN
ING NEWS writes that the Hood Seminary
closed Friday night with a concert. The
Lake Weir people are justly proud Of the
effort made by the teachers Of that institu-